4/30

The relay meet is one of the most exciting meets of the year, despite the 11 hours it occupies. I was not satisfied with today's 800m as I have never had the problem of going out too fast before. I suppose I shall have to wait till next time to run that 2:08. The 4x4 and 4x8 qualified today though!

Punch Buggy Status: 11-11 (Joseph likes getting me while I sleep...)

4/29

Today was rather warm but also rather nice! Did a nice abridged waban loop with Joe and Nick and then did handoff practice afterwards in preparation for the relay meet tomorrow-I'm SO excited!!

Punch Buggy Status: 11-9

4/28

Weather was humid! And a little drizzly and breezy, which definitely helped. 8 x 150 at mile / 800 / 400 pace. The practicing gear changing was useful--I think it'll help a LOT with the 4x8 on Saturday. IM SO EXCITED for that. Also got a solid 25 up 25 down ish to make my total mileage 7 for the day.

Punch Buggy Status: 10-9 (+3 today! what a comeback)

4/27

Today was rather disappointing! I enjoyed the nice weather but my races were rather unspectacular. I suppose we all have our down days. A lot of impressive performances though by other athletes! Joseph, James, Chandler, Dan, and Ryan to mention a few.

Punch Buggy Status: 7-9

4/26

Today was an unusually light pre-race day; we ended up doing wellesley college loop + 6 downhill strides afterwards. I'm glad the weather turned out great after the ugliness this morning!

Punch Buggy Status: 7-9 (I guess Joseph coming back has both pros and cons haha)

4/25

Not rainy today surprisingly! Only a few drizzles and then it cleared up! Today was a nice 6x400 at tempo effort, which was difficult because of the numerous turns that caused massive decellerations. But that's okay. 14 up 14 down

Punch Buggy Status: 7-8 (JOSEPH COMES BACK TOMORROW!)

4/24

Ran on Sunday because Saturday was rainy and miserable! But today I went with Dan Wilkins and Scott Kavoogian (who came back for Easter weekend!) and that was very fun. Blue arrow trail with decent weather (warm but breezy)! Then 6 flat strides on the track. 44min run total.

Punch Buggy Status: 7-8 (Joseph comes home tomorrow!)

4/22

Happy Earth Day!

Today's workout was TOUGH. 12x200m at goal 800 pace with decreasing rest in sets! AIYA. Oof. Then 10x hills. Splits were all 32-34. 16 up 14 down. Calf muscle got really tight just before the hills..fortunately that went away. I hope it doesn't stay!

Punch Buggy Status: 7-8 (JOSEPH COME BACKKK)

4/21

Today was rather windy but sunny as well. A nice day for a B+ run--I got quite sweaty at the end because of the heat. I ran with Dan Wilkins around Waban from Hardy ish, for a total of 63 minutes + 6 strides on the grass. Successful day.

Punch Buggy Status: 7-8

4/20

Race day--NN is always scary...I was pretty happy with my 2:12 800m though! 64-68 isn't too bad of a differential, and when speed phase arrives it'll be even better. 14 up 800m, 3x400 (84,80,82) and 15 down for the day.

Punch Buggy Status: 7-8

4/19

B run today with Andrew--blue arrow trail while talking about colleges! Fun haha.
46 min and 5 strides.

Punch Buggy Status: 7-8

4/17

BAA Mile! SOO MUCH FUN. Not a great time but a great experience. I like how the weather cleared up and became sunny for our race =)

Punch Buggy Status: 7-8

4/16

So I woke up today planning to do hills but because of the race tomorrow we opted out of that. A trusty crew of 9 showed up -- it was neat to watch them and see how strong everyone was. Sad that last week was my last week of hills then. Anyways, getting ready for the BAA Mile tomorrow--should be fun!

Punch Buggy Status: 7-8

4/15

Back from Yale! Beautiful day for a Waban run--a nice 53 min or so plus 6 strides on the aqueduct and field. All felt good today. Happy Vacation!

Punch Buggy Status: 7-8 (SUCCESS!)

4/12

Meet day! Much better conditions! Sunny and not too windy but not too warm either. Against Dedham we had a pretty solid win. I was pretty happy with my results: the two mile was rough but it was the first time that I came in first this season and had the gun go off for me on the final lap. The open 400 / helping andrew break 60 was fun too--good exercise in speed. Cooled down to the library and back after stopping for some fresh fruit and a post-cool down cookie =)

Punch Buggy Status: 6-8

4/11

What a wonderful day! I had a cramp the entire run though which was annoying. Thank you Joseph for waiting and putting up with me. The cramp finally went away after the 56 minute run as we did strides and jogged back to the track. ugh. hope it goes away tomorrow! Was a nice waban run nonetheless.

Punch Buggy Status: 6-8

4/10

Hills on a sunday morning! The weather was SO WARM. I felt legitimately hot for the first time during a workout this season. We did 15 up 16 down and 31:24 on the hill: a beautiful workout for the day. I loved it. Felt good pretty much the whole way through minus a random cramp due to a dairy heavy breakfast. Did loops with James and Sarah.

Punch Buggy Status: 5-7

4/8

So today was MICCA WHICH WAS AWESOME. But this is not the place to talk about that. So I did my circuit workout with 26 total warm up and cooldown...not ideal but I was in a hurry. Abs a bit sore but I think I need another week of strength at least with these interruptions. Sigh.

Punch Buggy Status: 5-7

4/7

What a beautiful day for a run! did 61 minutes with Joseph Ben and Brendan on Blue Arrow Trail. High 50s, slight breeze, and sunny skies made it an awesome run! As did the company of other runners. Then 6 speedy downhill strides. Awesome.

Punch Buggy Status: 5-7

4/6

Meet day! Not a terrific time for the mile and I'm a bit frustrated with not being able to catch up to #3. I'm looking forward to the 800m next meet. 5:11.2 today...sub 5 before the end of the season I hope! MUCH better weather today! As I typed in the meet results I was also impressed with a lot of the efforts people put in and how people went up to new challenges (such as John in javelin or our throwers dominance and James in long jump, chandler in HJ, etc.). Lots of deserving fruit snacks tomorrow. Finished with a nice 4x400 repeats (75-89-83-83) haha those first two were weird...

Punch Buggy Status: 5-7

4/5

Another relatively miserable day weather wise, though better than yesterday. Did Needham loop with a jolly group of freshmen (Joseph, Ben, Carlijn, and Brendan). They were quite amusing and fun to talk to! 8 Miles ish with 5 downhill strides to finish up the day.

Punch Buggy Status: 5-6

4/4

Well, ran inside the school for 50 minutes today then did 4 uphill strides on the math hall way ramp and corridor. A nicely improvised workout! We spent the base run searching for a coin that Chandler or someone else had hid so it was kind of exciting. We did manage to find it on the third floor eventually.

Punch Buggy Status: 4-5

4/2

Temple hill today. Fun as always--it always gets really tiring the last 100m even though the hill levels off a bit more. Tried to stay with Joseph the entire time along with Dan O Neil and Dan Wilkins. Spent a good 30 minutes on that hill. Weather was decent but got chilly and rainy towards the end. 15 up 19 down.

Punch Buggy Status: 4-5

4/1

First day of April! Lots of snow doesn't look like spring weather...

Today was a very nice set of drills without power drills. The strides at the end felt really good (the whole set was pretty good overall). 15 up 13 down.

Punch Buggy Status: 3-5